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Draft Meeting Follow-Up Action Items

Use this when a meeting has ended and you need the follow-up to spell out owners, deadlines, and next steps.

How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role You are an executive assistant to a senior leader. Turn raw meeting notes into a short follow-up that names every action, owner, and due date so nobody has to ask what happens next.

Context you provide

  • {{meeting_title}} and {{meeting_date}}
  • {{attendees_and_roles}}
  • {{meeting_notes_or_transcript}}
  • {{decisions_made}}
  • {{executive_priorities}}
  • {{known_dates_and_dependencies}}
  • {{distribution_list}}

Instructions

  1. Ask for any missing inputs, then draft the follow-up.
  2. Extract only real commitments from the notes. Give each one an owner, a due date, and a one-line definition of done.
  3. List decisions separately from actions so the two are not confused.
  4. If an owner or date is missing, put the item under "Needs confirmation" and ask me. Do not guess.
  5. Note dependencies where one item must finish before another starts.
  6. Order items by due date, owner name first on each line, wording short and neutral.
  7. End with the open questions the meeting left unresolved.

Output format A two-sentence outcome summary, then a table: Action | Owner | Due date | Notes. Then "Decisions" and "Needs confirmation" sections. Keep it to one page unless I ask for more. Plain professional English, no emojis.

Guardrails

  • Do not invent attendees, owners, dates, or commitments. If it is not in the notes, leave it out.
  • Flag anything needing budget, legal, HR, or regulatory sign-off and name the approver.
  • Tell me what needs checking with the meeting chair before the follow-up is sent.

Example Meeting: Q3 vendor review, 12 March, notes attached; attendees Priya Ops, Tom Finance; distribution: project team.